I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be." - Meaning and context.">
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Ch. 13
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My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.

— Douglas Adams

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be." in the context of "Ch. 13" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Douglas Adams" (Quotes, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Douglas Adams

About Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (Kkc2 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and satirist, best known for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts and books.